Waking Up Pregnant
The night that changed everything!Waitress Darcy Penn is the smart, sensible type – flirting with the extremely cute guy in the bar just isn’t her usual style. As for ending up in his hotel room…? Definitely not! Sneaking out whilst he’s in the bathroom to avoid the post-sex awkwardness…? Much more like it…If Darcy had stuck around Jeff Norton could have told her about their ‘epic latex fail’. So he shouldn’t be quite so shocked when, months later, Darcy turns up at his classy LA office and throws up in his wastepaper basket. She’s got a bad case of morning sickness, and she’s here to find out what he’s going to do about it!
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âIâm a fun date. Youâd have a good time. Thereâs got to be somewhere in town youâve always wanted to go but havenât gotten around to. Tell me what it is and Iâll take you tonight.â
Darcy was about to shut him down, but as she stood there looking at that half-playful, too tempting smile all she could think was how long it had been since sheâd really had fun. Of all the things sheâd told herself sheâd get to some time but had never managed to do.
Now her time was up. She was leaving tomorrow.
Jeff was offering her a chance toâGod, was she seriously considering this?
She never said yes. Never gave in and did the fun thing for funâs sake. Maybe tonight, after living the straight and narrow for so very long, just this once she could afford to break the rules without worrying about tomorrow.
âIâll think about it.â
Dear Reader
Itâs no secret that Iâm all about the Happily Ever After. I like my true loves and for evers big, beautiful and wrapped up with a gorgeous bowâpreferably the kind that comes with a sparkly diamond ring or maybe even a baby on the way.
Now, normally I make my heroes and heroines work for those fairytale accompaniments. But for some reason when I started playing with the idea of best friends Connor Reed (WAKING UP MARRIED) and Jeff Norton (WAKING UP PREGNANT) I couldnât resist mixing things up by giving these guys the traditional happy endings at the beginning of their stories!
Of course a ring alone or even a baby on the way doesnât guarantee for ever ⦠But with heroes as charismatic, determined and resourceful as these two you can bet theyâll be pulling out all the stops to earn that hard-won Happily Ever After we dedicated romantics thrive on.
I hope youâll enjoy reading Jeff and Darcyâs story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
All my best
Mira
PS If you havenât read WAKING UP MARRIED, no worries. While the stories are loosely tied together by one fateful evening in Vegas, they can most definitely stand alone.
MIRA LYN KELLY grew up in the Chicago area and earned her degree in Fine Arts from Loyola University. She met the love of her life while studying abroad in Rome, Italy, only to discover heâd been living right around the corner from her for the previous two years. Having spent her twenties working and playing in the Windy City, sheâs now settled with her husband in rural Minnesota, where their four beautiful children provide an excess of action, adventure and entertainment.
With writing as her passion, and inspiration striking at the most unpredictable times, Mira can always be found with a notebook at the ready. (More than once the neighbours have caught her, covered in grass clippings, scribbling away atop the compost container!)
When she isnât reading, writing or running to keep up with the kids, she loves watching movies, blabbing with the girls and cooking with her husband and friends. Check out her websiteâwww.miralynkelly.comâfor the latest dish!
This and other titles by Mira Lyn Kelly are available in eBook format from www.millsandboon.co.uk
To Eleanor, Joyce, Jessica, Elizabeth and, kicking off the fourth generation ⦠Jacqueline
Contents
ONE
Within the fast closing walls of his downtown L.A. executive officeâa modern, stylized space reflective of his personal tastes, professional achievements and global prioritiesâJeff Norton watched the limitless sky of his future crack and crumble as the woman in front of him doubled over, one arm clutching his trash can, while the other shot straight. Her hand alternating between a traffic copâs stop signal and a single finger indicating it was going to be a minute before she got to him.
âNot a problem, Darcy,â he managed in a voice barely recognizable even to himself. âReally. Take all the time you need.â
The sounds of distress emanating from the depths of his violated wastebasket ceased and the Vegas cocktail waitress heâd found too tempting to resist three months ago pinned him with a watery stare before rolling her you-did-this-to-me eyes in disgust.
Which was almost enough to pull a laugh from him, except, yeah, that look said it all. This was the end of days.
Probably.
Because while it wasnât any great mystery as to why this woman was seeking him out now, months after those fateful few hours theyâd spent together that ended with him staring down in abject horror at what could best be described as an epic latex fail, whether the hormone-wreaking miracle behind this reunion was, in fact, his, or whether his portfolio simply made him the most obvious solution to a problem which might be laid at the feet of any number of other candidates, was still yet to be seen.
